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Texas fans have to re-familiarize themselves with DC they haven't seen since Mack Brown

Well, in a turn that nobody saw coming, the Texas Longhorns parted ways with defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive passing game coordinator Duane Akina.

Just like that, one of the most dominant defenses in the country was without the assistant coaches that helped shape it, and the replacement, whom Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian chose, was the last name that any Longhorn fan expected to see: Will Muschamp.

Muschamp was the Horns' defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2008 until 2010, under then-head coach Mack Brown and during Texas's run to the 2009 National Championship, where the team lost to Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide.